The 2019 Miss Sam Houston Scholarship Pageant informational
meeting will take place Sept. 17 in the Lowman Student Center room 304 from
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The meeting will inform possible candidates about the
application process, the requirements to be Miss Sam Houston and what
contestants will encounter when competing in February.
“This year’s contestants can also expect a change in the
competitions categories,” Student Pageant Director Andrea James said.
The Miss Sam Houston Pageant has taken away the swimsuit
portion of the competition so that the judges and audience can get to know more
about the girls.
“We’re going to have an onstage interview now…so we can get
to know more about who the girl is and her platform and what she stands for,”
James said.
The Miss Sam Houston Pageant dates all the way back to 1949 when
it was referred to as the Bathing Beauty Review. Back then, the winner would
win items like clothes, jewelry, flowers and the title of Miss Bathing Beauty.
The pageant was originally hosted by the Caroline Belvin
Literary Society before the members were initiated in 1959 to the sorority
Alpha Delta Pi, who then changed the winning title from Miss Bathing Beauty to Miss
Sam Houston. The pageant continued on for many years until it took a hiatus in the
1980’s and returned in 2011—crowning its first queen in almost 30 years.
“The girls that win go on to compete in Miss Texas and Miss
Piney Woods, and they win a scholarship,” James said. “Miss Sam Houston gets a
one-semester meal plan as well as a cash scholarship.”
According to James, Program Council is looking for girls who
are responsible, show leadership and are positive role models within their
community.